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brent

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brent

@_brentbaum

lucky. phenomenology appreciator. founder. dancer. chop & carry.

Joined August 2012

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@_brentbaum
Feb 22, 2024
hi
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@_brentbaum
Apr 29, 2025
all you need to know about spain is that, within 2 hours of the power going off for the whole country… the beaches were packed, bands were playing in every square, and people were in the streets laughing and dancing
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@_brentbaum
May 15, 2025
i learned something about agency when, on my second date with my now-girlfriend, i mentioned feeling cold and she about-faced into the nearest hotel, said she left a scarf in a room last week, and handed me the nicest one out of the hotel’s lost & found drawer
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@_brentbaum
Apr 29, 2025
Replying to @_brentbaum
my partner passed a table of 20 fifty-something year olds all making ridiculous tinfoil hats with antennae’s on top. this blessed group would only stop to turn, make silly faces at passer-by’s, laugh hysterically, then grab another beer and keep crafting
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@_brentbaum
Apr 29, 2025
Replying to @_brentbaum
the day the apocalypse comes and society falls into a heaping pile of chaos, someone will have to let catalunya know it’s a *bad thing*
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@_brentbaum
Aug 28, 2023
turns out all you have to do to feel great is supplement potassium and magnesium, meditate for 40 minutes a day, journal morning and night, quadruple water intake, solve several major stressors, start running again, add consistent wake-up times, completely overhaul diet
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@_brentbaum
Aug 15, 2023
chronic low energy update: got a heart rate monitor, learned something. I'm sitting at 90bpm for most of the day, every day. If I reduce to ~60bpm (through cutting coffee, adding cbd, and regular conscious relaxation) my battery doesn't get drained & I have more energy post 5pm
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@_brentbaum
May 15, 2025
Replying to @m_ashcroft
she's also hot so things are looking pretty good from here eh
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@_brentbaum
May 15, 2025
Replying to @QiaochuYuan
yes there’s a strong case for that in the same way pirating movies is stealing, but i wasn’t posting opinions that i was hoping would break confinement 🤷
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@_brentbaum
Apr 2, 2025
biggest joke of my life… after years and years of trying so hard, i can just unclench the sense of doing anything and 1. my “willpower” increases dramatically 2. i get better at pretty much everything (this is not the same thing as non-coercion!)
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@_brentbaum
Jan 10, 2023
randomly upgraded to first class international. this shit is wild. it’s like a pocket universe adjacent to our own where every mild frustration and friction of flying was removed & unlimited drinks were added in their place
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@_brentbaum
May 15, 2025
Replying to @meansinfinity
she sure can 😂
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@_brentbaum
Sep 7, 2023
shifting from “when did my parents emotionally abuse me? never” to “when did my parents have strong stress reactions to what i did? oh all the time” and now i understand where a lot of this trauma happened taking on responsibility for parents’ emotions is a heavy job for a kid
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@_brentbaum
Aug 15, 2023
chronic low energy update: got a heart rate monitor, learned something. I'm sitting at 90bpm for most of the day, every day. If I reduce to ~60bpm (through cutting coffee, adding cbd, and regular conscious relaxation) my battery doesn't get drained & I have more energy post 5pm
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@_brentbaum
Apr 29, 2025
Replying to @silverarm0r
sign me up!! i want spain and portugal's electricity-free holidays to be on separate weekends so i can experience the porto version with y'all
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